One hundred and thirty seven Finns from 21 countries are waiting on a beautiful sandy beach under the brilliant blue skies of Barbados as the 2017 Finn World Masters was officially opened Sunday night at the Barbados Yacht Club overlooking the picture book azure waters of Carlisle Bay.

Changes to SIs and other notices will be posted here.

At the Annual Masters Meeting in Barbados, there will be two bids for the 2019 Finn World Masters.

• Marsala in Sicily

• Skovshoved, near Copenhagen in Denmark

See attachments below for bid documents.

A previous bid from Malta has been withdrawn due to local circumstances. The Royal Malta Yacht Club hopes to bid again next year.